From the Mississippi Department of Archives and History Governor Pettus Collection. Petition from the soldiers of the 5th Mississippi Infantry, State Troops at Camp Harris near Columbus, Mississippi, to Mississippi Governor John J. Pettus asking for relief for their families.

From the Mississippi Department of Archives and History Governor Pettus Collection. Letter from W. O. Morris, a soldier in the 5th Mississippi Infantry, State Troops at Camp Harris in Columbus, Mississippi, to Mississippi Governor John J. Pettus asking that his unit be allowed to go home.

From the Mississippi Department of Archives and History Governor Pettus Collection. Letter from B. A. Smith at Columbus, Mississippi, to Mississippi Governor John J. Pettus, asking that the 5th Mississippi Infantry, State Troops, be disbanded for the Christmas holidays.

From the Mississippi Department of Archives and History Governor Pettus Collection. Letter from H. C. Robinson, Colonel of the 5th Mississippi Infantry, State Troops, to Mississippi Governor John J. Pettus commending drillmaster Captain E. P. Runels.